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Dakar - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
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proper noun Senegal
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noun
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DAKAR - A three-day general strike called by Senegalese unions closed Dakar airport but was little observed elsewhere.
ANC Daily News Briefing 1993
DAKAR (AFP) - Dakar officials lifted a ban on a planned opposition march against a controversial giant statue being inaugurated on Saturday as part of Senegal's 50th independence anniversary celebrations.
Latest News - Yahoo!7 News 2010
DAKAR (AFP) - In a dusty government basement in Dakar , the archived history of nearly two centuries of French presence in West Africa is in an advanced state of degradation, a disintegrating record of colonisation.
Latest News - Yahoo!7 News 2010
The U. N.'s deputy mission chief, Abdou Moussa, told reporters in Dakar Wednesday that Ivory Coast has never been this close to holding its long-awaited national elections.
UN Sees Enormous Challenges Before Ivory Coast Vote 2010
The U. N.'s deputy mission chief, Abdou Moussa, told reporters in Dakar Wednesday that Ivory Coast has never been this close to holding its long-awaited national elections.
UN Sees Enormous Challenges Before Ivory Coast Vote 2010
The first was held in Dakar in 1966, by which time most of Africa had won independence from European colonial rule.
Senegal To Host World Music Festival 2010
The first was held in Dakar in 1966, by which time most of Africa had won independence from European colonial rule.
Senegal To Host World Music Festival 2010
Having arrived in Dakar very late, we were exhausted and waited in our room for the bellmen to arrive with our bags.
Helen Davey: Tales of Pan Am: Playing Beauty Shop Helen Davey 2010
The first was held in Dakar in 1966, by which time most of Africa had won independence from European colonial rule.
Senegal To Host World Music Festival 2010
The first was held in Dakar in 1966, by which time most of Africa had won independence from European colonial rule.
Senegal To Host World Music Festival 2010
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